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Notes from the Gender-Neutral Pronoun Assignment Committee
DATE: January 11, 2019 according to the Christian white-male calendar Jumada Al-Awwal 5 according to Hijri Pa’n Mekher in the Peret Season Dec. 12, Wu Xu Year, Year of the Dog, according to the Nongli Danni B., CHAIR: exciting news, actor Kate Hudson ... More »
The Elements of Bile
by David Comfort “Forget grammar and think about potatoes.” Gertrude Stein In 1918, Cornell professor, William Strunk, Jr., self-published The Elements of Style. In the introduction, his student, E.B. White, boasted that the 70-page primer fit “the rules... More »
Endangered English: The Lost Art of Grammar
Years ago, back when Al Gore invented the Internet, grammar began to ebb with the tide of changing times. One foot inside the grave, in imminent danger of falling into the same hole as Latin and Yiddish, our beloved friend suddenly found itself subdued by th... More »